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Glenna Blosser Diary
Collection
Identifier: SC 01055
Scope and Contents
Diary, 1933, of Glenna Blosser of Indiana. Topics include Franklin D. Roosevelt's election and inauguration, the Long Beach Earthquake in March, and the crash of the Akron, a US navy airship. She also mentions topics such as birthdays, her Christmas presents, school, and family illnesses, among others.
Dates:
1933
Found in:
Special Collections Research Center
Maude M. Presslor Papers, 1913-1972
Collection
Identifier: Mss. Acc. 2009.593
Scope and Contents
This collection contains the diaries, correspondence, and biographic material of Maude M. (Mathas) Presslor (1898-1972) of Montezuma, Indiana from 1913-1970. Earlier papers and material relate to Presslor's life as a teenager and young adult during the World War I period. Letters from friends serving in France and a baby book detailing the early years of her three children, Betty Jean (Presslor) Montgomery, Frank Richard Presslor, and David Lowell Presslor, date from this period. Later...
Dates:
1913-1972; Majority of material found in 1943-1972
Found in:
Special Collections Research Center
Harriet M. Shultz Diary
Collection
Identifier: SC 01047
Scope and Contents
Diary, 1914-1918, of Harriet M. Shultz of Logansport, Indiana. Primarily focuses on her pregnancy, the birth of her daughter Jane, and her life after her daughter is born. Also includes information about her husband, Harry Shultz. There is also a negative of a man holding a baby, presumably Harry Shultz and Jane Shultz.
Dates:
1914-1918
Found in:
Special Collections Research Center
Ruth Thompson Papers
Collection
Identifier: Mss. Acc. 2012.292
Scope and Contents
Diaries, scrapbooks, and letters, circa 1905-1919, of Ruth Thompson of Indianapolis, Indiana. Includes scrapbooks and diaries of Thompson's time at the Bradford Academy, a women's boarding school in Haverhill, Massachusetts. There are also diaries from after Thompson's graduation, when she returned to Indianapolis. These include entries about World War I, including newspaper clippings of people from her area who were drafted. Finally, there are letters written to Thompson by various...
Dates:
circa 1905-1919
Found in:
Special Collections Research Center